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Along the Mediterranean, the sound of sneakers pounding the ground briefly replaced the buzzing sound of the Israeli drones.
More than 2,000 runners participated in the three-mile stretch in Gaza.
It mirrored the marathon in Bethlehem, where to complete the 26-mile run there, runners have to loop the same course twice because there isn't a single stretch of Palestinian land that length three of Israel's choke points of barriers.
In Gaza, the backdrop was the sea on one side and destruction from Israeli airstrikes on the other.
And some wounded participants also bore scars of war.
But people here say the race highlights aspirations for Palestinian unity.
Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
The four people who brought the case say they were peacefully protesting outside an ICE detention center near Chicago when they were arrested.
Each was forced to give a DNA sample.
Two were never charged, and the other two faced misdemeanor charges that were later dismissed.
But they say the government still has their genetic profile.
DHS did not respond to a request for comment.
But in an earlier statement, DHS told NPR that federal law requires them to collect the DNA of people they arrest.
The lawsuit argues, however, that a 2013 Supreme Court case only allows the practice in the case of serious crimes.
Along the Mediterranean, the sound of sneakers pounding the ground briefly replaced the buzzing sound of the Israeli drones.
More than 2,000 runners participated in the three-mile stretch in Gaza.
It mirrored the marathon in Bethlehem, where to complete the 26-mile run there, runners have to loop the same course twice because there isn't a single stretch of Palestinian land that length three of Israel's choke points of barriers.
In Gaza, the backdrop was the sea on one side and destruction from Israeli airstrikes on the other.
And some wounded participants also bore scars of war.